Right Use of Power Institute Announces First Annual National BePowerPositive

Day

Boulder, CO, October 28, 2019 --(PR.com)-- The Right Use of Power Institute, a 501c3 nonprofit
organization in Boulder, Colorado, is pleased to announce October 28, 2019, as the First Annual National
BePowerPositive Day. We live in a time increasingly marked by misuses and abuses of personal,
professional, status, and institutional power large and small. The Institute was created in 2013 to offer
programs, tools, and resources that guide people and organizations in understanding and using their
power with integrity, wisdom, compassion, and skill. The Institute's founder and executive director, Dr.
Cedar Barstow, believes that the right use of power comprises the true heart of ethics.

The Institute chose October 28 as its National BePowerPositive Day to honor the Dutch humanist scholar,
Desiderius Erasmus, who was born on that day in 1466. His book, "The Education of a Christian Prince"
(1516), proposed an educational program that would guide future leaders to use their power not for
self-aggrandizement but for the greater good of their followers. This mission, expanded to include all of
us, is embodied in the work of the Right Use of Power Institute today.

To commemorate the first BePowerPositive Day, the Institute has named one individual and one
organization to honor as exemplars of positive uses of power in the public domain:

The individual award goes to Ms. Marianne Williamson, celebrated author, speaker, and current
presidential candidate. We honor Ms. Williamson (https://marianne.com) for her courage in bringing
ethical and spiritual considerations into the national political discussion, for using her public position to
advocate for the rights of the oppressed and for a return to a democracy of inclusion, opportunity, and
fairness for all.

The organizational award goes to YES! Magazine (www.yesmagazine.org), co-founded in 1996 by Sarah
van Gelder and David C. Korten. A nonprofit, reader-supported quarterly publication, both digital and
printed, YES! bills itself as “journalism for people building a better world.” In a time when the press
worldwide is criticized for being partisan, manipulative, and negatively focused, we honor YES! for
offering positive stories about individuals and groups working effectively for the greater good of the
planet and for consistently cultivating a positive vision for our collective future.

For more information on the Right Use of Power Institute, go to www.rightuseofpower.org or its popular
outreach movement, BePowerPositive (BePoP), at www.bepowerpositive.org.

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